1. Dr. Robert K. Dixon
June 2017

2. Huge Opportunity, Fierce Race for Clean Energy Leadership
Source: Bloomberg New Energy Finance

3. Revolution…Now

4. U.S. Land-Based Wind

5. U.S. Offshore Wind

6. U.S. Utility-Scale Solar PV

7. U.S. Distributed Solar PV and LEDS

8. U.S. Electric Vehicles

9. Jobs Report

10. U.S. Department of Energy Strategic Planning Drivers: Looking Ahead
DOE Strategic Plan ( )
Quadrennial Energy Review (QER)
Quadrennial Technology Review (QTR)
EERE Strategic Plan ( ) 4

11. U.S. Wind Resources are Among the Best in the World
The combined land-based and offshore domestic, inexhaustible wind resource potential is more than 10 times greater than the total U.S. electricity demand
United States—Land-Based and Offshore Annual Average Wind Speed at 100 Meters above the ground
Untapped Wind Market Potential in All 50 States
Land-based utility-scale wind
Offshore wind (OSW)
Land-based distributed- scale wind (DW)

12. The U.S. Wind Industry is Creating Significant Economic Value
Wind provides nearly 6% of the nation’s electricity and supports over 100,000 domestic jobs, including over 500 manufacturing facilities in 41 States
Robust Industry
Utility-scale wind power in 41 states and distributed wind power in all 50 states
14 states 10% wind generation, with four states >25% generation
U.S. utilities operate high wind penetration without one-to-one backup or storage requirements today through balancing and forecasting management
Wind power represented 41% of capacity additions in 2015
30 MW Block Island (RI) first offshore wind project began producing power in 2016
Domestically Sourced Components and Raw Materials
Over 80% of towers, 50-70% of blades and hubs, and 85% of nacelle assembly for turbines installed in were manufactured in the U.S.
Today’s U.S. wind manufacturing capacity is 6-10 GW/year
Wind-Related Manufacturing Facilities and Installed Capacity by State, 2015
The Southeastern U.S. has more than 100 manufacturing facilities supplying components and materials to the wind industry

13. Thank You! Dr. Robert Dixon Director, Strategic Programs
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
U.S. Department of Energy
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